Vanilla

Opera is one of the best cakes I have ever made, one that has a huge success at every class I make it. I have tried a lot of other variations, some were delicious, some I wished were never made. This Berry Opera however, belongs to the first kind – delicious, vibrant, fresh! It’s a…

The season of apricots may be over, but not the season of tarts. I mean, look at this beauty! One can always find an excuse to bake such a delicious dessert! This tonka apricot tart is anything you’ve ever dreamed of in terms of how a tart should be: crisp pate sucree, moist and fragrant…

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French pastry is the ultimate way of making desserts! And it’s not just me saying it! The thing with French pastry though is not only that it produces great desserts, but also the fact that learning a certain technique can prove useful later on or it can lead the way to another great technique. I do…

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Following my last post focusing on vanilla, here comes what I believe to be one of the best tartlette recipes I have ever made and tasted! I’m not even sure what makes these infiniment vanille tartlets so delighful: maybe it’s the creamiest texture ever or the intense vanilla flavor or perhaps the vanilla studded filling…

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I don’t know why it’s been this long since my last cheesecake. I just forgot how tasty and creamy a dessert like this can be! And that is too bad because my son absolutely loved this cheesecake, so much as to say it tops off chocolate! Imagine that – a cheesecake is better than a…

Vanilla is the one flavour in the world that has almost the same purpose as salt – to support all the other flavors, to bring them out, it’s the one aroma that plays the role of a cord between them all. Whether it is chocolate or raspberry or matcha or perhaps mango and orange, there’s…

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2017 is upon us, but I still have recipes from last year to catch up on. Now I’m not one to bake cookies too often, but I’ve baked so many this year! Some were older recipes, like my all time favorite chocolate chip cookie or the delicious chocolate spritz cookies of Pierre Herme, but some,…

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I love tarts and tartlettes, but there’s one thing I’m not too fond of – making the crusts. I’m usually a very patient person, I like to work slowly and do the job well, but when it comes to these crusts, I’m a totally different pastry chef. So I’ve been looking for options and found…

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Fraisier is a cake that needs no introduction! It’s delicate look, its amazing and fresh taste, it’s gorgeous colors – everything recommends it for a summer dessert! Especially since in the summer we find all these gorgeous berries easier than any other season! I’ve avoided this cake for far too long and when I finally…

I love desserts that have a great sense of history – St. Honore is a great example and it’s already on the blog, but today I’m bringing you another amazing classic – the Paris-Brest. This evergreen dessert is so beautiful and simple at its core that not having a version of it on the blog…

Baba au rhum or savarin are two pastry products that are best sellers in Romania – every pastry store features them in a way or another. I do remember eating them as a kid, they were incredibly sweet and had a cloud of whipped cream on top, decorated with a red jelly – quite appealing…

Funfetti is a whole new experience for me. It’s been a few years since I started baking, but never really gave funfetti a chance until a few days ago. Don’t get me wrong, I do love sprinkles, but they’re not suited for every cake or dessert and there was a time when you could literally…